My Life List

Certain people are probably getting sick of me referencing Chookooloonks, but it’s my favourite blog. It lifts my spirits, always. It calms me, always. And something like that deserves a special place in my life.

Karen Walrond is the beauty behind the blog, and about a year ago I read her life list. I love this idea. I also love her tips for creating your own life list. Maggie Mason, aka Mighty Girl, who inspired Karen to do this, suggests that everyone should create a life list. I thought about doing this for a long time. It percolated. It existed as fragments in the space where my mental lists live. And then one day in early January 2011 I wrote it down.

I’ve since pondered this list some more, though I haven’t done a whole lot with it. I intended to post it here much sooner, but other stuff took up space in my brain.

Well, now I want to take my brain back.

This list isn’t complete – a couple of things might come off and lots more might go on. You’ll see some themes here, and I’d like to expand the variety a bit. I’d like to do more with some of Karen’s great tips, like doing something you love many, many times. But that will come.

Wow, your list is great. Lots of things you can work on doing immediately (like 14 & 43) and plenty to look forward to doing a little later. So, a whole lifetime of ambition and happiness and accomplishments!

Love the list….full of travel and adventure and new and crazy and not so crazy and fun and laughter – a little bit homework which can suck sometimes – but also full of confidence, expansion, love and life. Go get it girl !

My goodness, so many of these (especially the PD and writing ones) are so like my goals! And some travel too. I will think about writing a list one day. Thank you for inspiring me and starting this! And we would gladly join you on a few of these adventures.

I love this list! It was funny reading it because we're so similar in many ways…I've always wanted to take flying lessons, run a marathon (did a 1/2 once), a lot of the places you want to travel, etc. LOVE #5 – I'm actually on the board for TEDxDetroit (TEDx conferences are off-shoots from the actual TED brand – all affiliated) and I, too, would love to attend TED. We'll do it together someday! 😉

Should I make a life list, it would be very similar to yours. I have always wanted to go on an African safari. When I was younger my dad said when I graduated college, he would take me anywhere I wanted to go. I promptly said 'Africa'.

After looking into how much that would cost (with guides, shots, etc.), my dad quickly changed the offer to 'anywhere within reason that I wanted to go'.

This is a great idea. I'm a real list person and always have dozens of lists going. I think that the way to make a life list for myself will be to make it a living document that I store electronically (i.e. do up a Word document and update it as needed).

Themes?? You betcha! I think we're kindred spirits — not only do we both have a lot of travel on our lists, but some of the same places! Get to it, lady! You would not believe how much fun it is to cross things off.

I love this list! It was funny reading it because we're so similar in many ways…I've always wanted to take flying lessons, run a marathon (did a 1/2 once), a lot of the places you want to travel, etc. LOVE #5 – I'm actually on the board for TEDxDetroit (TEDx conferences are off-shoots from the actual TED brand – all affiliated) and I, too, would love to attend TED. We'll do it together someday!
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I’d love to do a flash mob too and a flash crowd while I am at it. Where did you visit in Ireland the first time? My husband and I spent two weeks there for our honeymoon. Thanks so much for linking up. Good luck with your great list.

I visit Ireland while I was backpacking, so I started in Dublin then went to Galway and basically did a big loop. I also got up to Northern Ireland for a few days, which was awesome as well. I loved Ireland so much. Beautiful country!

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I used to write - a long time ago for me, and then for a living. Then I became a mom. Then I dealt with postpartum depression. And then I let my real inner writer out and found all kinds of things - strength, support, love, community, and the belief that each of us has a life we're meant to live.